I. COMMENCED TRADING IN DECEMBER | ||||||||
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INITIAL OFFERINGS | ||||||||
Company | Date Filed | Date Comm. | Shares/ Units (M) | Price | Shares | Lead, Other Underwriters | Gross (M) | Net (M) |
Antisense | 11/21** | 12/20 | 65S | A$0.20 | N/A | N/A | A$13 (US$6.6) | N/A |
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Bruker AXS | 7/27 | 12/17 | 9S | $6.50 | 54.8 | UBS Warburg LLC (co-lead); Thomas Weisel Partners (co-lead); CIBC World Markets Corp.; SG Cowen Securities Corp.; Robert W. Baird & Co. | $58.5 | $52.9 |
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Northwest | 8/13 | 12/14 | 4S | $5 | 16.85 | C.E. Unterberg, Towbin; Fahnestock & Co. Inc.; Roth Capital Partners LLC | $20 | $17.3 |
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Total: $85.1M |
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Number of IPOs in December: 3 |
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Average value of December IPOs: $28.37M |
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Number of IPOs for 2001: 10 |
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Total raised in IPOs in 2001: $292.15M |
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Average value of IPOs in 2001: $29.2M |
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FOLLOW-ON OFFERINGS |
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Atrix Labora- | 2/15 | 12/7 | 0.565S | $23 | 15.2 | Banc of America Securities | $13 | $12 |
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BioMarin Pharmaceu- | 11/12 | 12/7 | 8.05S | $12 | 51.2 | UBS Warburg LLC; CIBC World Markets Corp.; U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray | $96.6 | $90.4 |
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CV Thera- | 1/4 | 12/4 | 2.875S | $52.50 | 25.1 | JP Morgan Securities (lead); Robertson Stephens (co-lead); Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.; CIBC World Markets Corp.; Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.; SG Cowen Securities Corp.; U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.; First Albany Corp. | $151 | $124.4 |
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Inex Pharma- | 11/26 | 12/13 | 6.15S | C$7 | N/A | BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.; Raymond James Ltd.; RBC Capital Markets Inc.; Yorkton Securities Inc.; Dlouhy Merchant Group Inc. | C$43 (US$27.4) | N/A |
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Neurocrine | 11/13 | 12/4 | 3.5S | $46.75 | 29.7 | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown; CS First Boston (co-leads); CIBC World Markets Corp.; Lehman Brothers Inc.; UBS Warburg LLC | $163.6 | $153.6 |
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Stressgen | 12/4 | 12/20 | 6.7S | C$4.15 | N/A | Raymond James (co-lead); BMO Nesbitt Burns (co-lead); Yorkton Securities Inc. | C$27.8 (US$17.6) | N/A |
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Theratech- | 11/27 | 12/13 | 2.882S | C$10.25 | N/A | Yorkton Securities Inc. | C$29.5 (US$18.78) | N/A |
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Transkaryotic Therapies Inc. | 12/13/00 | 12/13 | 3.2S | $39 | 33.3 | SG Cowen Securities Corp.; Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown (co-leads); Pacific Growth Equities Inc.; Leerink Swann & Co. | $125.6 | $119 |
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Transkaryotic | 12/13/00 | 12/18 | 1S | $42 | 34.3 | SG Cowen Securities Corp. (co-lead); Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown (co-lead); Pacific Growth Equities Inc.; Leerink Swann & Co. | $42 | $39.8 |
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Valentis Inc. | 9/27 | 12/27 | 6.13S | $2.25 | 36.2 | Wells Fargo Van Kasper | $13.8 | $12.6 |
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# Unless otherwise indicated, shares are traded on the Nasdaq exchange. |
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** Denotes the date the item ran in BioWorld International. |
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N/A = Not available, applicable or reported. |
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ASE = Australian Stock Exchange; TSE = Toronto Stock Exchange |
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1 Antisense was spun out by Circadian Technologies Ltd. Its IPO was conducted on the Australian Stock Exchange. |
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2 Bruker's underwriters have an overallotment option for 1.35M shares. |
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3 Northwest's underwriters have an overallotment option for 600,000 shares. |
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4 Atrix's underwriters have an overallotment option for 84,750 shares. |
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5 BioMarin's offering includes the underwriters' overallotment option for 1.05M shares. |
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6 CV Therapeutics' offering includes a 375,000-share overallotment option for its underwriters. Net proceeds do not include the overallotment option. |
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7 Inex raised US$27.4M in its public offering of 6.15M shares. |
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8 Neurocrine's underwriters have a 525,000-share overallotment option. |
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9 Stressgen's underwriters bought 675,000 shares to cover overallotments. |
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10 Theratechnologies' offering includes the full exercise of the underwriters' overallotment option for 382,000 common shares. |
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11 TKT's offering includes the full exercise of the underwriters overallotment option for 420,000 shares. |
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12 TKT's second offering of the month drew from the same shelf offering filed last year. |
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13 Valentis' underwriter has an overallotment option for 919,501 shares. |
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Total: $669.38M |
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Number of follow-on offerings in December: 10 |
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Average value of December follow-ons: $66.94 |
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Number of follow-on offerings in 2001: 43 |
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Total raised in follow-ons in 2001: $2,844.35M |
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Average value of follow-ons in 2001: $66.15M |
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II. FILED AND PENDING |
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INITIAL OFFERINGS | ||||||||
Company (Symbol) | Date Filed | Shares/ Units (M) | Price Range | Shares | Lead, Other Underwriters | Value (M) | ||
AgraQuest Inc. | 8/3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Merrill Lynch & Co.; Stephens Inc.; First Union Securities Inc. | $75 | ||
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APBiotech (APBI; | 10/3/00 | 18.2S | $15-17 | 208.6 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (co-lead); Goldman, Sachs & Co. (co-lead); Chase H&Q; Salomon Smith Barney | $291.2 | ||
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CombiMatrix Corp. | 11/22/00 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Salomon Smith Barney (co-lead); JP Morgan & Co. (co-lead) | $100 | ||
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Corcept Therapeutics | 12/21 | N/A | N/A | N/A | U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray (co-lead); CIBC World Markets Corp. (co-lead); Thomas Weisel Partners LLC | $90 | ||
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diaDexus Inc. | 11/20 | 7S | $12-14 | 31.1 | Lehman Brothers Inc.; CIBC World Markets Corp.; Robertson Stephens Inc.; Fidelity Capital Markets | $91 | ||
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NeoGenesis | 11/19 | 6.2S | $12-$14 | N/A | JP Morgan & Co.; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.; SG Cowen Securities | $80.6 | ||
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Protarga Inc. | 12/12 | N/A | N/A | N/A | UBS Warburg LLC (co-lead); U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray (co-lead) | $75 | ||
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Ribapharm Inc. | 5/15 | 18S | $13-15 | N/A | UBS Warburg LLC; CIBC World Markets Corp. | $252 | ||
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ZymoGenetics | 9/10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Lehman Brothers Inc. (co-lead); Merrill Lynch & Co. (co-lead); Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.; Pacific Growth Equities Inc. | $180 | ||
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Amylin Pharmaceu- | 12/14 | 13.3S | N/A | N/A | N/A | $115.4 | ||
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Antigenics Inc. | 11/27 | N/A | N/A | 29 | N/A | $100 | ||
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BioTransplant | 12/11 | 5S | $8.10 | 21.1 | N/A | $40.5 | ||
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Celgene Corp. | 12/21 | N/A | N/A | 75.6 | N/A | $500 | ||
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Cell Pathways Inc. | 2/7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $25 | ||
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Cepheid Inc. | 12/21 | N/A | N/A | 26.56 | N/A | $35 | ||
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Cerus Corp. | 8/13 | N/A | N/A | 15.7 | N/A | $300 | ||
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CollaGenex Pharma- | 10/26 | 0.965S | $8.01 | N/A | N/A | $7.7 | ||
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Cytogen Corp. | 10/26 | 10S | $2.50 | 78.9 | N/A | $25 | ||
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Exelixis Inc. | 7/30 | N/A | N/A | 49.2 | N/A | $150 | ||
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Genaissance | 10/18 | N/A | N/A | 22.8 | N/A | $35 | ||
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Genaera Corp. | 11/21 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $50 | ||
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InSite Vision Inc. | 2/2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. (placement agent) | $40 | ||
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InterMune Inc. | 12/21 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $150 | ||
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Matrix Pharmaceu- | 5/25 | N/A | N/A | 26 | N/A | $30 | ||
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Medicure Inc. | 11/14 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | C$10 (US | ||
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Microcide Pharma- | 2/12 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $35 | ||
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Myriad Genetics | 11/9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $250 | ||
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NeoTherapeutics | 1/3 | N/A | N/A | 21.9 | N/A | $50 | ||
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Rigel Pharmaceu- | 12/12 | N/A | N/A | 37.6 | N/A | $50 | ||
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SangStat Medical | 12/28 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $100 | ||
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SciClone Pharma- | 11/6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $20 | ||
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Targeted Genetics | 12/13 | 8.8S | $2.66 | N/A | N/A | $23.5 | ||
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Tularik Inc. | 8/14 | N/A | N/A | 49.2 | N/A | $250 | ||
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Vysis Inc. (VYSI)34 | 8/8 | 1S | $25.96 | 11.2 | UBS Warburg LLC; First Union Securities Inc.; Pacific Growth Equities Inc. | $26 | ||
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III. WITHDRAWN AND POSTPONED | ||||||||
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INITIAL OFFERINGS | ||||||||
Company (Symbol) | Date Filed/Date Pulled | Shares/ Units (M) | Price Range | Shares | Lead, Other Underwriters | Value (M) | ||
Xcyte Therapies | 12/22/00 | N/A | N/A | N/A | SG Cowen Securities Corp. (co-lead); U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray (co-lead); Dain Rauscher Inc.; First Security Van Kasper Inc. | $86.2 | ||
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Notes: |
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# Unless otherwise indicated, shares are traded on the Nasdaq exchange; AMEX = American Stock Exchange; CDNX = Canadian Stock Exchange. |
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* Stock symbols for companies seeking to complete IPOs are proposed. |
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N/A = Not available, applicable or reported. |
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1 AgraQuest filed a registration statement with the SEC to raise $75M in an IPO. |
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2 APBiotech's IPO value, $291.2M, is based on the sale of 18.2M shares at $16 each, the midpoint of the expected price range. |
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3 CombiMatrix did not disclose any further details. |
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4 Corcept filed for an initial public offering estimated at $90M. It has not set the number of shares or a price-per-share amount. |
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5 diaDexus' IPO value, $91M, is based on the sale of 7M shares at $13, the midpoint of the expected price range. The underwriters have an overallotment option for 1.05M shares. |
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6 NeoGenesis' offering's value, $80.6M, is based on the sale of 6.2M shares at $13 each, the midpoint of the expected price range. |
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7 Protarga filed for its IPO with hopes of raising $75M. It did not disclose the number of shares to be offered or the expected price range. |
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8 Ribapharm's IPO originally was proposed in June 2000. The company amended its prospectus on May 15. The value, $252M, is based on the offering of 18M shares at $14 each, the midpoint of the expected price range. The underwriters have an overallotment option for 2.7M shares. |
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9 ZymoGenetics filed to raise $180M in an IPO. |
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10 Amylin filed a shelf registration statement that would allow it to issue from time to time up to 13.3M shares of common stock. The company did not list the price range. |
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11 Antigenics filed a shelf registration covering the issuance of various types of securities, including secured and unsecured debt securities, preferred stock, depository shares and common stock. |
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12 BioTransplant filed a shelf registration statement to sell up to 5M shares of its common stock. The value of the offering, $40.5M, is based on the Dec. 11 opening stock price of $8.10. |
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13 Celgene filed a universal shelf registration to offer and sell common stock, debt securities and convertible debt securities, up to a total value of $500M. |
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14 Cell Pathways filed a shelf registration for the sale of $25M in common stock. |
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15 Cepheid filed a shelf registration statement to offer and sell up to $35M of its common stock, preferred stock, debt securities and warrants. |
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16 Cerus filed to sell up to $300M of common stock and debt in a shelf offering. |
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17 The value of CollaGenex's proposed offering, $7.7M, is based on the Oct. 26 closing stock price of $8.01. |
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18 Cytogen filed to offer 10M shares at about $2.50 each in a shelf registration. |
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19 Exelixis filed a shelf registration to sell up to $150M in common stock. |
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20 Genaissance filed a shelf registration to offer and sell common stock, preferred stock, debt or warrants, up to a value of $35M. |
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21 Genaera filed a universal shelf registration statement for the sale of up to $50M in common stock, preferred stock or warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock. |
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22 InSite filed a shelf registration in February to sell $40M in stock. |
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23 InterMune filed a shelf registration to offer and sell up to $150M in stock. |
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24 Matrix filed a shelf registration covering up to $30M in securities. |
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25 Medicure plans to offer units, each consisting of one common share and one common share purchase warrant exercisable for a period of 24 months. The price will be determined in the context of the market. |
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26 Microcide filed a shelf registration for the sale of up to $35M in securities. (Microcide is now Essential Therapeutics Inc., formed through its merger with The Althexis Company Inc.) |
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27 Myriad filed a shelf registration statement for the sale of up to $250M of various types of securities. |
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28 NeoTherapeutics filed a shelf registration covering the sale of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, depository shares or warrants up to $50M. In May, the company raised $6M in a private placement. In August, the company privately placed 600,000 shares, raising $2.01M. In November, it placed 950,000 shares, raising $3.8M. In December, it placed 0.77M shares, raising $2.95M. |
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29 Rigel filed a shelf registration statement to issue various types of securities up to an aggregate of $50M. |
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30 SangStat filed a registration statement to issue securities up to an aggregate of $100M. |
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31 SciClone filed to sell up to $20M in common and preferred stock, debt securities and warrants from time to time through a shelf offering. |
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32 Targeted Genetics filed a shelf registration statement for the sale of up to about 8.8M shares of common stock. The value, $23.5M, is based on the Dec. 12 closing stock price of $2.66. |
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33 Tularik filed to sell up to $250M in common stock and debt securities. |
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34 Vysis registered to sell 4M shares, 3M of which will be sold by shareholder BP plc. The value of the offering, $26M, is based on the closing stock price of $25.96 on Aug. 7. The underwriters have an overallotment option for 600,000 shares. (Vysis is now being purchased by Abbott Laboratories.) |
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35 Xcyte withdrew its IPO on Dec. 3 due to market conditions. |